This 2 piece ensemble consists of a pair of deep peach Valentino cotton trousers, size 10 and a Valentino loose silk top with large GV embroidered on the front left side. 

Valentino Garavani (b. 1932) studied fashion design in the late 1940s at the Accademia dell’Arte in Milan and at the Chambre Syndicale de la Couture in Paris. 

In 1960 Valentino established his own salon on the fashionable Via Condotti in Rome. He also showed his collection at the Pitti Palace in Florence in the same year, a move which led to greater exposure and set him as a major Italian designer. Valentino’s work is grand and dramatic. He designed the wedding dresses for Jackie Kennedy to Aristotle Onassis (from the 1968 White collection) and Elizabeth Taylor in 1991 (her eighth marriage!).

Over the years Valentino has added various ready-to-wear lines.   His labels and designs often have his trademark V incorporated in them and there is a special shade of red that is associated with Valentino.

Measurements laid flat,

 Shoulders: 43cm

Waist: 37cm

Hips: 51cm